This is a selective list of some short stories and novels that use reasonably accurate science and can be used for teaching or reinforcing astronomy or physics concepts. The titles of short stories are given in …

Set in the twenty-third centu-ry, it tells the story of a United Planets space cruiser sent to the distant world of Altair IV to investigate the fate of a group of colonists with whom Earth has lost contact.

A Springer Series This collection of entertaining and thought-provoking books will appeal equally to science bufs, scientists and sci. nce-fiction fans. It was born out of the recognition that scientific …

The Three-Body Problem is essentially a classic sci-fi contact story, but with distinctly Chinese characteristics, such as, most obviously, the backstory. What did you think of how it told this story? …

Michael designs a fascinating universe where solar systems have one or more “jump points” where gravitational lines between stars interact and intersect to create opportunities to transit interstellar …

We are all familiar with classic novels like George Orwell's 1984, Karel Čapek's R.U.R. or Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. As well as with classic science fiction movies like Star …

Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land: A Sci-Fi Masterpiece That Changed the Genre robert heinlein stranger in a strange land is more than just a classic science fiction novel; it is a cultural …